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    From ram@ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) to comp.lang.misc on Thu Oct 9 12:27:17 2025
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    Based on the idea of Kolmogorov complexity, I'd like to suggest
    the term "AI complexity". The term isn't precisely defined since
    it really depends on both the user and the AI system, but by
    "AI complexity" of an algorithm, I basically mean the (textual or
    temporal) length of a prompt or conversation you'd need to write
    in order to get the chatbot to produce the code you want.

    This concept helps me understand myself better.

    I normally don't write code by hand; I have it generated.
    But for my current main project, I'm writing it myself, and
    honestly, I'm moving at a snail's pace. So I started wondering
    why I suddenly decided to write it on my own this time.

    I think the answer lies in what I assume to be the project's
    AI complexity. It just feels like it would take me so long to
    explain to the chatbot exactly what I need that, in this case,
    it probably makes more sense to just write it myself!


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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to comp.lang.misc on Thu Oct 9 21:26:56 2025
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    On 9 Oct 2025 12:27:17 GMT, Stefan Ram wrote:

    ... by "AI complexity" of an algorithm, I basically mean the
    (textual or temporal) length of a prompt or conversation you'd need
    to write in order to get the chatbot to produce the code you want.

    Could that be like measuring the complexity of an algorithm by how many
    lines of COBOL it takes to implement it?
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  • From Janis Papanagnou@janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com to comp.lang.misc on Fri Oct 10 12:45:28 2025
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    On 09.10.2025 14:27, Stefan Ram wrote:
    Based on the idea of Kolmogorov complexity, I'd like to suggest
    the term "AI complexity". The term isn't precisely defined since
    it really depends on both the user and the AI system, but by
    "AI complexity" of an algorithm, I basically mean the (textual or
    temporal) length of a prompt or conversation you'd need to write
    in order to get the chatbot to produce the code you want.

    This concept helps me understand myself better.

    I normally don't write code by hand; I have it generated.
    But for my current main project, I'm writing it myself, and
    honestly, I'm moving at a snail's pace. So I started wondering
    why I suddenly decided to write it on my own this time.

    I think the answer lies in what I assume to be the project's
    AI complexity. It just feels like it would take me so long to
    explain to the chatbot exactly what I need that, in this case,
    it probably makes more sense to just write it myself!

    I think you're going to invent a misnomer. - AI bots cannot "write"
    code (in the creative way); they search, collect, assemble pieces.

    Try using a term that focuses on the search process and not on "AI".
    (I've also a vague memory that such a term had already been coined,
    but not in IT context but rather sociology or philosophy.)

    Janis

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